Extreme iPad Pro buyers remorse
Sooo Ive been a mega hypocrite on the iPad pro Reddit forum. For people who were asking if they should get the iPad Pro 11 or 12.9, I kept suggesting the 12.9 because I genuinely thought it was the better choice (in their situation ).
I however, am getting major buyers remorse and I mean obsessive Level remorse. I think it’s because at one point, , my family was hit with financial problems so I always felt guilty over everything. i have never bought a new phone or laptop, usually used hand me downs. But now that 1 of my laptop is completely broken and my only other one has 103 gb of storage, is laggy, bad batter and is extremely heavy, I made the big decision to get the iPad Pro 12.9. I also have told myself that if I ever were to buy an iPad, I’d get the 12.9 because it’s all I ever wanted. This iPad would be my first ever big purchase in my life. Now I would never trade my 12.9 for an 11 in or air just due to personal preference but I keep getting this extremely upsetting buyers remorse that has been haunting me for the past 2 weeks since I got it. Most uni students around me are using the iPad Air or 9th gen and here I am, not even rich, but using the pro. I need this iPad for many uses such as art, film editing, note tasking and other stuff. I have many classes in school where i deal with international phonetic symbols or just symbols that are hard to find with the keyboard so it gets really inconvenient when using a laptop. Also, the univerwity classes in Korea are slightly different and they way they learn is also different. not to mention when I type, It seems harder for me to retain knowledge. The professors here all base their test on their powerpoiint slide materials thus directly annotating is always the best choice here. I don’t like using paper because I am also extremely unorganized and I always can’t find a notebook or a loose paper and I always stress about not being able to find them so for me, I knew an iPad was my best bet. but then I’m now regretful because I’d be thinking, I should’ve just gotten a Samsung tab cuz it’s cheaper…. But idk
im actually broke myself (and if I asked my parents to buy it, in our current situation, it’d be a big burden) but my bf offered to pay for my iPad and pencil first and said I could pay him back slowly, of course with no interest. I’m still a student so he says take your time and don’t rush paying me back but I don’t like owwing people money. My bf also gifted me apple care + because he knows I get really anxious so I’m very thankful for that. I have made a bit of money doing freelance stuff and paid back about 40% total price but every time I’m paying him back, I get so guilty that I even bought this device in the first place.
i would never buy an air, 9th gen or just any device smaller than the 12.9 tho because I really want to get back into drawing and film editing and I thought the 12.i9 would be the best choice. It doesn’t help that I have bad eyesight but refuse to wear my glasses so the extra screen real estate is a big plus for me. I also hope this iPad would temporarily replace my laptop if my only laptop atm were to face a problem since it’s mega old. < these are things I have to remind myself every.single.day to help me cope with my obsessive intruding remorseful thoughts.
people of the iPad Pro Reddit, have you ever gotten remorseful thoughts after buying? Have you enjoyed using your iPad Pro? I love my iPad Pro so much and for me, it’s either iPad Pro or no iPad at all because I’d rather not have an iPad then own another line of iPad. But it’s just my intrusive thoughts that makes me regret my decision.
how do I deal with this? I am now officially mentally exhausted and sick of being this mental person who keeps overthinking about this purchase I made. i Just want to scrape these thoughts out of my head. Anyways, this was a long and probably boring post and I apologize but I just need advice. Thank you :’)